Sentencing Michael Brewer, Judge Martin Rudland, sitting at Manchester Crown Court, said he had used his "powerful position" to groom Frances Andrade.
"You have had an impressive career but that is now at an end," he said.
"Sadly there is another side to you and it is this. You were, and you may still be, a predatory sex offender. Of that let no-one be in any doubt."
A choirmaster who sexually abused a pupil who went on to take her own life during his trial has been jailed for six years.
Michael Brewer, 68, of Swarthmore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, was convicted last month of indecently assaulting 48-year-old Frances Andrade when she was an underage student at the prestigious Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.
Health protection workers have established that the patient being treated for novel coronavirus at a Manchester hospital had recently travelled to the Middle East and Pakistan, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.
Professor John Watson of the HPA said last week, "Our assessment is that the risk associated with novel coronavirus to the general UK population remains extremely low and the risk to travellers to the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries remains very low".
"People who develop severe respiratory symptoms, such as shortness of breath, within ten days of returning from these countries should seek medical advice and mention which countries they have visited", he added.
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a teenager in Greater Manchester.
Kieran Crump Raiswell was stabbed through the heart a week ago. Imran Akhtar Hussein, who's 26 and from Berkshire, appeared before magistrates in Trafford.
The man accused of murdering gap-year student Keiran Crump Raiswell has appeared in court.
Imran Akhtar Hussain is 26 and from Berkshire. Hussain is a student himself, who had been studying in Coventry.
Keiran was found with stab wounds on Upper Chorlton Road in Whalley Range last week. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.
Hussain has been remanded into custody, and will appear again at Manchester Crown Court tomorrow morning.
Labour MPs, activists and supporters are heading up the M6 to Manchester this weekend for the start of their party's annual conference.
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Peter Crouch summed up his 30 yard strike against Manchester City yesterday as the best goal he's ever scored.
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